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TLC is a privately held corporation, formed in 1996 and incorporated in 1997. TLC's patents have generated IP license revenues of over $100 million.

The US constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 provides that "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."

In keeping with the rights granted to inventors by the Constitution and provided by Congress in 35 U.S.C. 101.

"35 U.S.C. 101 Inventions patentable. Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefore, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title"

"35 U.S.C. 271 Infringement of patent. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, whoever without authority makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention, within the United States, or imports into the United States any patented invention during the term of the patent therefore, infringes the patent."

TLC acquires and licenses intellectual property pertaining primarily to electronic signal processing for the television industry. TLC is interested in working with individual inventors and small business to commercialize their intellectual property in exchange for equity or royalty sharing arrangements. If you own an invention or patent which you believe has value and could be licensed in the television industry, please email us at info@tlc-ip.com or contact TLC's senior licensing manager:

TLC licensees include many of the major consumer product manufacturers and cover such products as flat panel, projection and CRT television displays, DVD recorders and players, PVRs and set top boxes. Other licensed products include sophisticated audio and video signal processing instruments utilized by professional television network, satellite and local station broadcasters.

TLC's patent portfolio includes over 60 U.S. Patents as well as several additional patent applications.

TLC Patents have generated over $100 million in royalties of which over 30% of the net Royalties have been paid back to the inventors. For the most part the inventors have had to provide very minimal time and effort toward the licensing and collection efforts. In essence TLC does all the work, fronts all the expenses and takes all the risk related to the licensing effort. The inventor sits back and receives checks in the mailbox without having to deal with the licensees or any infringers.

TLC obtains rights to new IP technology (primarily patents and patent applications) which will in the future become invaluable to the television industry. This licensed technology is often ahead of its time but within a few years will become highly desirable in the manufacturing industry. TLC's license philosophy is to initially license this highly desirable technology at a discount to those manufacturing companies having the foresight and vision to recognize the value of the technology. After a base of visionary licensees is established, TLC continues to license, without discount, to those companies who have failed to recognize the value of the technology in its early stages. Later for those companies who come to need the technology after the market has matured, TLC licenses at a premium. Finally, for those companies who fail to license and unscrupulously copy the licensed technology from their competitors who had the foresight and vision to sign up to licenses early in the life of the technology, TLC in cooperation with one or more of its affiliated law firms, will vigorously enforce its patent rights against those unscrupulous infringer.